Two questions asked by people of every nationality and culture for centuries are:
Does God exist?
Can I know him?
The Bible teaches that ” No one has ever seen God……..” {John 1:15]. And ” God is spirit” [John 4-24]. If no one has ever seen God and he is a spirit, then how can we know that he exists and how can we know him?
The Bible says: ” The heavens declare the glory of God and the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the end of the world” [Psalm 19:1-4].
The world around us speaks to us every day and tells us that God does exist.
No intelligent person would look at an expensive Swiss watch and then deny that that watch had a maker. Rather, one would acknowledge that someone somewhere had designed and put that watch together.
Furthermore, the Bible says that: ” He {Jesus} is the image of the invisible God, the first-born over-all creation. For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…..”[Colossians 1 :15,16]
How do we know That God exists and that we can know him?
1. The creation declares him
2. In the person of Jesus, God became a man
However, we know that God exists, and we can know him only by faith.
” And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” [Hebrews 11:6 ]
, When by an act of faith, we put our trust in God and his son Jesus Christ, we then have that faith affirmed in our hearts, and we know without doubt that God is, that he loves us and that we can know him.
May God bless you as you seek him today by faith!
Bob, this is a small reminder about trusting in God by faith. You mentioned that God loves us. How do you know and feel God’s love?
Thank you, Catherine that is a good question. On any level of life, the more time spend with a person the Better you know that person. If a new believer does not spend time studying God’s word and praying, that person will remain A baby Christian. As a baby Christian spends time in a study of and an obedience to the Bible he will grow into a mature Christian. The new believer, who does not spend time in prayer and in obedience to the word God will remain a babe in Christ. By way of illustration, a newborn baby does not comprehend love. But as that baby grows the love comes, and so it is with every person who becomes a Christian. And by the way there are some older Christians who remain babes in Christ. There is a song that says the better we know Him the more we love him! The answer to your question is very simple read, study and memorize on a regular basis the word of God